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24-Ruby IV
November 14, 2020
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Fine Spline

  • November 14, 2020
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Together with my students, I made animation that helps to understand what a cubic spline is.

Spline-Set.gif

One student sent me this beautiful spline

Spline-Fine.png

 

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19-Tanzanite
November 15, 2020

Fantastic!  What imaginative students you have Val. 

 

Alan 

24-Ruby IV
November 15, 2020

Thanks Alan.

It was one lesson on STEAM thechnology of education:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math

10-Marble
December 20, 2020

According to Wiki, the real, physical spline was used also by the Wright brothers to shape the wings of their aircraft.

23-Emerald I
December 20, 2020

Splines were drafting tools before they became calculation engines in CAD programs.

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608483030870.png

This was also the origin of the expression, "Get your ducks lined up."  The weights used to keep the flexible spline where the draftsman required were called ducks.

24-Ruby IV
December 20, 2020

I have used:

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25-Diamond I
December 20, 2020

@ValeryOchkov wrote:

Sorry - what same problem?


@ValeryOchkov 

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